Preface Glossary and Gazetteer 1. 1 January-10 February 1824, “…[our] unwearied efforts…to preserve the peace and integrity of the Ottoman Empire 2. 25 February-26 March 1824, “too many instances [of] massacres, conflagrations, and pillage 3. 10 April-27 May 1824, “…those incorrigible Ionians, whose notorious dishonesty brings disgrace upon the protection which they abuse.” 4. 6 June-10 August 1824, “…the suspicions and ill-humour which the Porte had again begun to manifest 5. 27 August-29 November 1824, “the convulsions and calamities which desolate this Empire.” Appendix: Correspondence from Canning and the Foreign Office to Strangford, 1824 Addendum: Metternich and the Eastern Question, 17 October- 18 December 1824 Epilogue. Notes. Bibliography. Index. List of illustrations. George Canning. George Gordon, Lord Byron. Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford. Muhammad Ali Pasha of Egypt. The Strangford Shield .